As Much as I Loved Your Eyes

Waves wash over our sand castle,
tear down the walls.
Soon waves will suck at the tower,
spit seaweed through cells,
but we will not be there.
Higher up the beach, in gritty grass
we lie, head to toe, head to toe,
tired of blue sea, we watch blue sky.
Did I think I knew you?
Right-side-up I would have known
every expression of your face
to be yours -- definable --
with the wind blowing blood to your ears,
with the rain hanging drips from your nose,
in snowstorms, when you shook your hair
to clear it of the chips of rain.
But I had nvever met your toes.
They were just like mine except they were yours,
carried your soul, spoke your tongue,
and I loved them as much as I loved your eyes.
And I begged you not to give them away --
elsewhere.